Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Alpine Snowboard Mounting System Development
FY 2016-17
Summary
FA Design is an established outerwear company positioning itself to break into the snowboarding hard goods market. They want to design a universal and superior mounting system for alpine racing plates. The company approached SAIT's Sports and Wellness Engineering Technologies (SWET) research group to design and prototype a system that addresses issues of sticking, torsion and recoil through three milestones: research current technologies; iterative design; and prototyping. The project will deliver prototypes to be tested by FA Design's team of nine sponsored riders.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
500695-2016
Name nom
Tofani, Rick
Department département
Applied Research and Innovation Services
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
517
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Consumer goods
Area of application fr
Produits de consommation
Research subject code
1701
Research subject group en
Design and manufacturing
Research subject group fr
Conception et fabrication
Research subject en
Engineering design
Research subject fr
Conception technique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Alpine Snowboard Mounting System Development
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
FA Design is an established outerwear company positioning itself to break into the snowboarding hard goods market. They want to design a universal and superior mounting system for alpine racing plates. The company approached SAIT's Sports and Wellness Engineering Technologies (SWET) research group to design and prototype a system that addresses issues of sticking, torsion and recoil through three milestones: research current technologies; iterative design; and prototyping. The project will deliver prototypes to be tested by FA Design's team of nine sponsored riders.
